Feeling Bad About Feeling Good

A couple of weeks ago, I was out with some friends. Not old, known-them-forever friends, but people who I was really hoping to develop into old, known-them-forever friends. I saw one of these friends this afternoon, and now I’m thinking that the kind of relationships that I’ve been hoping for are not likely [...]

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It Was the Same Old Sh*t…

…wrapped up in a slightly different bow.
The meeting with the Biologic went off as planned on Sunday. Sister and I met up with the Biologic at the appointed time in the appointed place. She brought a friend with her (she has FRIENDS!! Who KNEW?!?) whose sole purpose at this little party, it [...]

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Two Weeks and a Thousand Dollars

That’s the mantra of new construction. The big joke is that you can have anything you want, but that it’s going to take two weeks and cost a thousand dollars.
I’m not laughing.
We started this construction project in June. I was told that it would be finished by September and, truthfully, the part that [...]

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Go Get This

I downloaded this album today from iTunes. I got hooked by a maybe forty-five second clip of “Since You’ve Been Around” in the background of Grey’s Anatomy last week, and I spent three days hunting down the name of the song and the beautiful voice that sings it. Her name is Rosie Thomas [...]

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Epiphany

I got a phone call the other day from my cousin, who happens to be one of only two people in my family I still speak to. She’d called my cell phone to give me a heads-up that my biological mother was looking for me - Cousin wasn’t sure why, but knowing the history [...]

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In My Element

There are a lot of things going on in my life right now. I have some drama surrounding my job, the house project is dragging and, God help us all, the holidays are approaching.
Every once in a while, I take a step back from my life and try to have a look at [...]

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